Paper Mill Nabs Elaine Stritch for 'Full Monty'

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:09pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128305.html

WOW!!

[morosco]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:12pm

Now that is cool!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:12pm

I am speechless. This is the best news ever.

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:16pm

Wow. I mean, WOW! What a coup for them. First, the amazing cast for 1776, now this?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:20pm

All signs are pointing for me to move to New Jersey...and now THIS!

I'm shocked! I don't know the show too well...but isn't this a small-to-medium featured part? "There are no small parts, only small actors."

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:21pm

Say what you want, but Papermill has had an incredibly successful season thus far, and their final two productions look to continue the success:

Oklahoma did very well.

High School Musical broke records and is their most successful production (financially) EVER.

The plays didn't make money, they never do.

1776 has an incredibly stellar cast.

Full Monty now has Stritch.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:22pm

Where in NJ are you considering?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:24pm

I don't know the show too well...but isn't this a small-to-medium featured part? "There are no small parts, only small actors."

It's a quintessential featured role. One big song, and a lot of funny dialogue. Kathleen Freeman, who has since passed, should have won a Tony for this role. Cady Huffman got to ride the coattails of a Producers sweep that night.

[TheBoyDownstairs]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:32pm

Thats amazing! I was def seeing the production anyways because The Full Monty is a favorite of mine (and so underrated!).

I had always thought when I listened to the cast album that Stritch would do a great job with "Jeanette's Showbiz Number"

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:43pm

Being a Stritchie from long before most of you were born, this is a must for me. And she will get mountains of new meaning out of Jeannette's lines.

I agree about Kathleen Freeman being overlooked for Best Supporting Actress in the wave of enthusiasm for The Producers. Frankly, although I enjoyed The Producers, I think The Full Monty was robbed -- especially for original score. It was the hands-on winner in most categories until The Producers came along. And while I'm going to be shot at dawn for saying this, The Producers was an enjoyable show -- but not one of the great ones (IMO). Somehow, I don't see there being a crying need for a revival of it down the line. IMO.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:45pm

I've never seen this show or Elaine live. I am definitely going to take advantage of this! Can't wait!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 2:47pm

This will up the bar for the rest of the casting.
Maybe Hunter?

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:20pm

Yeah, I LOVED The Producers, but quite a few of the awards it received should have gone to The Full Monty. Can TOTALLY see Stritch in this show.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:55pm

Naked men and Elaine Stritch.

What's left to live for?

[jennamajig]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 4:21pm

Originally from northern NJ, the Papermill and my family are the things that could get me back there, for sure. My grandma used to take me to Papermill shows when I was in middle and high school and I loved every second of it. They know how to pull in stars and put on a show.

Visiting the family and seeing this are a must this summer.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 4:45pm

Oh my god! This is a perfect role for her! I'm so excited. This is definitly making me consider a trip out to New Jersey.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:09pm

Wait... this is amazing. I've only heard Elaine Strich on records and such but I've never seen her in a show.

The last time I saw The Fully Monty was a few years ago at Ogunquit with Sally Struthers as Jeannette...so count me in as going to New Jersey to see Paper Mill's production.

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:47pm

I got so excited that I went ahead and bought tickets without bothering to look up whether it's easily accessible from Manhattan. Ah well--where there's a Stritch, there's a way.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:58pm

Will Chase all the way!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:02pm

This is BRILLIANT casting. This role has Elaine Stritch written all over it. I hope they get Hunter Foster for Jerry. I hear he was great in the role at Ogunquit.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:05pm

What's Patrick Wilson doing?

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:36pm

This is BRILLIANT casting. This role has Elaine Stritch written all over it. I hope they get Hunter Foster for Jerry. I hear he was great in the role at Ogunquit.

He was!

My friend and I sat in the first row and he was mostly on our side of the stage. His rendition of "Breeze Off The River" was one of the highlights of the show. (And made up for the fact that I missed seeing him in the Little Shop revival).

Although, I love me some Patrick Wilson too.

Updated On: 4/15/09 at 06:36 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:57pm

It is very accessable from Manhattan.
Go to their website.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 7:02pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you, CapnHook!

I just got my tickets. Orchestra Third Row Center.

Oh, if I didn't mention it, THANK YOU, CAPNHOOK!!!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 7:49pm

Does anyone know of a discount code for this production?